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Jspur

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16. I would say self hatred and desperately wanting to be accepted
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 11:35 AM
Jun 9

by White America is why they voted for Trump. I have a good friend who lived in Dallas, Texas for several years. He moved away from Dallas a few years ago but I remember him telling me for years that the Democrats would never win Texas and he's actually a Democrat. His reasoning was that they are so many Hispanics he had interactions with whether it was at work or at other places that really believed they were white and were down with GOP policies. They really believed they were part of the white community and actually had hatred for illegal immigrants because they felt they were not like them and didn't want whites to look down on them. He also said a lot of them whether it's first generation or second generation tended to shun their culture and usually eventually end up marrying white partners which in his eyes was another sign that they desperately wanted white acceptance.

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